note 90946 added to function.shuffle

Here i wrote a custom shuffle function which preserves the array index and distributes the array element randomly. <?php /* * return an array whose elements are shuffled in random order. */ function custom_shuffle($my_array = array()) { $copy = array(); while (count($my_array)) { // takes a rand array elements by its key $element = array_rand($my_array); // assign the array and its value to an another array $copy[$element] = $my_array[$element]; //delete the element from source array unset($my_array[$element]); } return $copy; } $array = array( 'a' => 'apple', 'b' => 'ball', 'c' => 'cat', 'd' => 'dog', 'e' => 'egg', 'f' => 'fan', 'g' => 'gun' ); print_r(custom_shuffle($array)); Array ( [c] => cat [e] => egg [f] => fan [a] => apple [b] => ball [g] => gun [d] => dog ) ?> ---- Server IP: 59.162.86.8 Probable Submitter: 122.164.15.16 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shuffle.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/90946 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90946/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90946/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90946/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90946/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90946/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90946/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90946 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/90946 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php